Mount Qi myths and legends

Following the fall of the Shang Dynasty, the sage Jiang Ziya ascends the Divine Altar at Mount Qi to fulfill a celestial mandate. Using the 'Investiture of the Gods' roster, he summons the spirits of those fallen in the Great War to assign them eternal positions in the heavenly hierarchy. This ritual marks the transition from an era of mythic chaos to a structured divine order under the Zhou...

The Fenghuang is an auspicious bird that appears only during times of great peace and prosperity. Legend says it perched on Mount Qishan to herald the rise of the virtuous Zhou Dynasty. It resides exclusively in the Wutong tree and symbolizes the harmony of the universe.